A freight broker is  responsible for getting loads of products picked up, transported, and delivered to their destination. If you are interested in working in the shipping industry and want an exciting career that doesn’t require a lot of time, money, or training, you should consider working as a freight…

Amazon just won approval to build another massive distribution center in Niagara, New York. Amazon  recently won local approval to build a five-story, 3.1 million-square-foot distribution center in western New York, and has even bigger sites in the works in Southern California and Colorado as it bolsters a network aimed…

California’s Port of Oakland has fully resumed operations after truckers protesting a gig-work law blocked access for five days and disrupted the flow of goods at the key shipping hub. Cargo containers started moving again through California’s Port of Oakland on Monday after independent truck drivers stood down from protests…

Top 100 retailer Big Lots is adding to its arsenal of fulfillment options through a new partnership with same-day shopping and delivery company Shipt. Shipt, the same-day shopping and delivery subsidiary of Target announced a partnership with home goods retailer Big Lots. Target will use Shipt to support same-day delivery…

Trucking company Schneider National Inc. is looking to expand its role in chemical distribution through an investment in a startup that is building an online marketplace for industrial raw materials. The Green Bay, Wis.-based carrier led a Series A funding round for ChemDirect Inc. that will give Schneider a minority…

Honor Foods expands its foodservice redistribution capability through Burris Logistics’ purchase of the R.W. Zant. Honor Foods announced the expansion of its food service distribution network in the western United States through acquisition. The company’s parent, Burris Logistics, acquired Los Angeles-based R.W. Zant, which specializes in the storage and distribution…

Wingcopter, a Weiterstadt, Germany-based delivery drone manufacturer and service provider, raised $42m in Series A extension funding. The drone delivery company known for transporting medical supplies like blood and vaccines is hungry for a new direction. The round, tripling the company’s total equity raise to more than $60m to date,…

Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has acquired XPS Technologies, a leading provider of e-commerce multi-carrier parcel shipping solutions. XPS provides its cloud-based multi-carrier parcel shipping solutions directly to small, medium  and large sized e-commerce shippers. The XPS platform helps customers…

Supply chain has been a headache for Dollar Tree over the past year. Freight costs, shipment delays, and constraints on its pricing (due to its $1 promise, which the company is backing away from with new pricing and assortment initiatives) have made for a combined hit to the retailer’s profits….

Walmart customers in six states will soon be able to have their orders delivered by drone in less than 30 minutes. Through an expansion with operator DroneUp, the big-box retailer said it will be able to reach 4 million households in parts of Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia….

Amazon Relay has a program designed to celebrate and reward the hardworking carriers who participate in the middle mile freight network. Carriers are the backbone of Amazon’s transportation network, so the Amazon Relay Rewards program was created to recognize and benefit them! Those who enroll can earn access to exclusive…

XPO Logistics Inc. has appointed Drew Wilkerson to be the CEO for the planned spin-off of its tech-enabled brokers services platform.Wilkerson will transition to the CEO role with the spin off, which the company expects to complete in the fourth quarter of this year. XPO intends to spin off its…

Barber Partners LLC, a commercial real estate developer, and Bain Capital’s Special Situations strategy (“Bain Capital”) today announced the formation of a national programmatic joint venture targeting the development of approximately 15 Class-A, state-of-the-art cold storage warehouse projects under the Chill Storage brand. The joint venture launches with the objective…

The global supply chain has monumental repercussions on the environment, causing long-term damage to ecosystems and generating record-breaking greenhouse gas emissions. But some of the world’s largest shipping companies are studying methods to reduce the footprint of their operations: Growth + Change = Opportunity! How are you going to capitalize…

Alpine Air Express, Inc., a leading regional air cargo carrier providing critical air infrastructure supporting a wide range of integrated logistics operations throughout North America, announced that it has acquired Suburban Air Freight Inc. Headquartered in Provo, Utah, Alpine is a leading Part-135 air cargo operator with a long and…

WestJet Cargo took delivery of the first of four Boeing Converted Freighters (B737-800BCF) via lease from BBAM Limited Partnership (BBAM). WestJet Cargo is the first operator in Canada to operate the B737-800BCF and the second airline in the country with a Boeing 737-800 freighter.WestJet is entering a Canadian air cargo…

Groups representing truckers, ocean carriers, terminal operators, longshore workers and other port-related businesses, many of them union-organized, argue in one of the suits that the city shouldn’t have approved the environmental impact report for the Oakland Waterfront Ballpark District Project. A $12 billion plan by the Oakland Athletics to build…

Expensive diesel prices nationwide are causing private truckers to adjust in order to continue. While most Americans are gasping at gas prices, truckers are dealing with the price of diesel. Diesel, which cost less than $4 per gallon last month, has jumped to a record high of more than $5…